Evangeline is coming home!
She will come home today on a day pass, and providing everything goes well, she’ll be coming home on Tuesday.
Then we begin a new phase in our lives of transitions and recovery.
I don’t yet know all of the details, but I do know she will begin physical therapy on […] Read more…
David And Olivia
I took these pictures on Sunday on the way home from church. They were just taken with my iPhone, but I think they came out so clear and show the kids beautiful blue eyes.
Just thought I’d share.
Mark had run in to the market to get some things for lunch, and I was in the […] Read more…
Breathing Again
So much for my break.
I guess I really don’t need one after all.
On Monday, my sweet friend Stephanie showed up with bagels and cream cheese and dinner for my enormous family, just like she has consistently done so many times before.
But she didn’t only bring food for all of us, […] Read more…
A Break
I want to thank all of you so much for all of your prayers, messages, emails, and cards for Evangeline and our family.
You have blessed us.
I know so many of you are eagerly looking for an update, and I have so wanted to write and express all that is going on with […] Read more…
No, For Now
This week, the thought of having Evangeline in the rehab for several weeks just seemed too hard to bear, and I asked the case worker at the rehab to explore our options for bringing her home and for outpatient therapy.
I was just so worried about her spending so much time away from us and […] Read more…
At Rehab
It’s been sixteen days since Evangeline’s surgery.
She is feeling so much more like herself, and her incision site has really healed nicely.
Yet, the damage to her leg has been severe. Everyone is hoping her leg will gain a full recovery, but no one knows how long it will take or how much […] Read more…
How They Love Us
They bless us so with their love.
They are so raw, so vulnerable, and yet so absolutely thrilled to be in our family.
And that just makes my heart soar.
Tonight Evangeline told us she never wanted to grow up so she could stay here with Mommy and Daddy forever.
You can stay as […] Read more…
A Good Day
Tonight I am overwhelmed with the enormity of how God has blessed us through adoption.
I don’t even know where to begin. We’re on the brink of Evangeline’s surgery and just coming through a more difficult stage with Eliza, and yet I am intensely aware of the incredible blessing this journey is to our […] Read more…
Breaking News!
Roy and Lori Cross announced last night that they have pre-approval for a second child.
She is precious Lianne from Love Without Boundaries. You can read about her here.
She has a new name, Rebecca Ai Lian, and will be called Allie!
Praise Jesus! She will wait no more!
She is loved.
Allie […] Read more…
Putting The Pieces Together
As I have shared before, we know very little about Evangeline’s past.
I have a few pictures of her life as it was right before she came to us, and a couple very poor pictures from around the time of her finding add in 2010.
It appears that a file was prepared for Evangeline […] Read more…
